Hoit Rd Marsh

Arianna and Jackie collecting bottom dredge

This sign was posted at Hoit Rd Marsh

Hoit Road Marsh


Nekton:

8 Eastern/Red-spotted Newt 2 Baby bulegills (about an inch and a half long)

E-Coli: 2 colonies/10ml of water

Conductivity: 196 mv, 129 mv, 112 mv, 88 mv, 86 mv, 76 mv

pH:
6.6, 6.2, 6.2, 6.0, 6.0, 6.0, 6.2, 6.3, 6.0, 6.2

Vegetation:
cat tail
common reed
yellow lily
golden rod
water nymph

Chris and Kayla collecting plankton

Phosphates
Top: .01 mg/L
Bottom: .01 mg/L

Turbidity: 26 FTU

Jackolyn collecting water for T.S.S.

Dissolved Oxygen: (mg/L)
Surface-7.79-13.3C
1/2 Meter-7.68-12.9C
1 Meter-7.59-12.5C
1.5 Meter-7.59-12.4C
2 Meter-7.5-12.5C



Weather:
partly cloudy/slightly overcast, chilly

B.O.D 6.33 mg/l

Zach and Alizabeth and collecting nekton.

Bottom Dredge
water scorpion
dragonfly larvae
mayfly larva
longtoed water beetle
giant waterbug
polycentripodidae
baby clam(class pelecypoda)
water boatman
fishing spider
dragonfly nymph
mosquito larva
winkle snail

TSS: .012 mg/1000ml

Plankton:

Top:
Cladocera (water fleas)
Chilodonells

Bottom:
Fragilaria